Table III.

Hierarchical Regressions: Parent Symptom Talk Predicting Child Symptom Complaints

Variable	R2	ΔR2	F	df	B	SE B	β
Child catastrophizing
Step 1	.02	.02	.26	2, 30
Child gender					.05	.03	.21
Child age					.01	.01	.07
Step 2	.54	.52**	8.20**	4, 28
Parent symptom talk					.73	.14	.69**
Child catastrophizing					.01	.02	.10
Step 3	.61	.07*	8.42**	5, 27
Interaction of parent symptom talk and child catastrophizing					.32	.15	.31*
Child pain threat appraisal
Step 1	.02	.02	.26	2, 30
Child gender					.05	.03	.18
Child age					−.01	.01	−.03
Step 2	.54	.52**	8.32**	4, 28
Parent symptom talk					.74	.15	.70**
Child pain threat appraisal					.03	.03	.12
Step 3	.56	.02	6.95**	5, 27
Interaction of parent symptom talk and Child pain threat appraisal					.35	.32	.17

Note. *p < .05. **p < .001. B, SE B, and β reflect values in the final step of the analyses.